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enMore Than A Pipeline Problem: In Search Of Diversity In Silicon Valleyhttp://wkms.org/post/more-pipeline-problem-search-diversity-silicon-valley
<br />Silicon Valley is a place that operates on data — hard facts and numbers.<p>Last month, the tech giant Facebook <a href="http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2015/06/driving-diversity-at-facebook/">released a report</a> on diversity among its workers — and the numbers weren't good.<p>The company reported that nearly 70 percent of its employees are men; 57 percent are white; Hispanics represent just 4 percent. Black employees comprised just 2 percent of their workforce.<p>Facebook is hardly the only Silicon Valley firm struggling to diversify.Sun, 26 Jul 2015 13:21:00 +0000Rachel Martin50877 at http://wkms.orgMore Than A Pipeline Problem: In Search Of Diversity In Silicon ValleyPro Gaming Joins Other Sports As It Begins Drug Testinghttp://wkms.org/post/pro-gaming-joins-other-sports-it-begins-drug-testing
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Pro+Gaming+Joins+Other+Sports+As+It+Begins+Drug+Testing&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAyMTQyNzY5MDEyNzEzNTYyNDliZTBiOA004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: <p>Professional video gaming is big business. This year, according to The New York Times, the e-ports industry, as it's known, has more than 100 million fans worldwide and is expected to surpass $250 million in revenue.Sun, 26 Jul 2015 11:41:00 +0000Rachel Martin50873 at http://wkms.org'Driving Straight,' Giving Back: Rebuilding A Life After Prisonhttp://wkms.org/post/driving-straight-giving-back-rebuilding-life-after-prison
In a speech last week, President Obama made a case for overhauling the criminal justice system.<p>"Mass incarceration makes our country worse off, and we need to do something about it," he said.<p>Then he took his message to the people his proposals could affect most. On Thursday, he met with six inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution in El Reno, Okla. — all convicted of nonviolent drug offenses — and became the first sitting president to ever visit a federal prison.<p>Earlier he commuted the sentences of 46 criminals with nonviolent drug charges.Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:57:00 +0000Rachel Martin50728 at http://wkms.org'Driving Straight,' Giving Back: Rebuilding A Life After PrisonIn Newark, Reversing 40 Years Of Neighborhood Neglecthttp://wkms.org/post/newark-reversing-40-years-neighborhood-neglect
In cities with high crime rates, like Newark, N.J., figuring out the right balance of police engagement is especially hard.<p>In 2013, Newark had 40 homicides per 100,000 residents, the third-highest homicide rate in the country.<p>Last fall, the new mayor, Ras Baraka, announced a plan to tackle the crime and neglect that have plagued the city's worst neighborhoods. He started by focusing on two of the toughest: Clinton Hill and the Lower West Ward.Sun, 07 Jun 2015 13:51:00 +0000Rachel Martin49750 at http://wkms.orgIn Newark, Reversing 40 Years Of Neighborhood NeglectAt Dover Air Force Base, Bringing Home The Fallen With Grief And Joy http://wkms.org/post/dover-air-force-base-bringing-home-fallen-grief-and-joy
There is a grim kind of math that comes with war.<p>Most of the troops who died during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were flown to Dover Air Force base in Delaware. And for most of the wars, those dignified transfers were off limits to the press. That changed in 2009, when President Obama lifted the media ban and paid a visit to Dover himself.<p>From 2009 to the end of 2014, there were more than 2,400 dignified transfers at Dover. While the numbers are far smaller today, the planes are still flying troops home. The most recent: Petty Officer 3rd Class Devon J. Doyle, 21, of Colorado.Sun, 24 May 2015 13:02:00 +0000Rachel Martin49438 at http://wkms.orgAt Dover Air Force Base, Bringing Home The Fallen With Grief And Joy Being Transgender At Work Can Be Hard, But Made Easier With An Allyhttp://wkms.org/post/being-transgender-work-can-be-hard-made-easier-ally
Bruce Jenner's national TV <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/04/24/402069597/jenner-for-all-intents-and-purposes-i-am-a-woman">interview with Diane Sawyer in April</a> ended months of speculation. The former Olympian turned reality TV star revealed that he now identifies as a transgender woman — though he still prefers to be called "he" for the time being.<p>Jenner was hailed as a hero for his openness on an issue that has caused real heartache for many.Sun, 10 May 2015 13:24:00 +0000Rachel Martin49112 at http://wkms.orgBeing Transgender At Work Can Be Hard, But Made Easier With An AllyRemembering The Doomed First Flight Of Operation Babylifthttp://wkms.org/post/remembering-doomed-first-flight-operation-babylift
Forty years ago this month, North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon. The long war in Vietnam was coming to an end.<p>In the midst of the political fallout, the U.S. government announced an unusual plan to get thousands of displaced Vietnamese children out of the country. President Ford directed that money from a special foreign aid children's fund be made available to fly 2,000 South Vietnamese orphans to the United States.<p>It came to be known as Operation Babylift.Sun, 26 Apr 2015 12:23:00 +0000Rachel Martin48781 at http://wkms.orgRemembering The Doomed First Flight Of Operation Babylift'This Is Going To Be Too Hard': Keeping Kids From Using Pothttp://wkms.org/post/going-be-too-hard-keeping-kids-using-pot
Public perceptions of marijuana have come a long way. Once a symbol of the counterculture, pot has become part of the culture.<p>In Colorado, it's part of everyday culture.<p>Colorado has allowed medical marijuana since 2001, but voters amended the state constitution in 2012 to allow private marijuana consumption for adults aged 21 or older. The first-ever stores to sell state-regulated recreational pot opened their doors on Jan.Sun, 19 Apr 2015 12:02:00 +0000Rachel Martin48624 at http://wkms.org'This Is Going To Be Too Hard': Keeping Kids From Using PotWorking Through Depression: Many Stay On The Job, Despite Mental Illnesshttp://wkms.org/post/working-through-depression-many-stay-job-despite-mental-illness
When a pilot crashed a Germanwings plane into a mountainside in the French Alps last month, one word kept coming up over and over in the media coverage: depression. What did the airline know about the pilot's mental health, and what was he required to tell them?<p>Of course, being depressed is a very different thing from wanting to take the lives of others.Sun, 12 Apr 2015 11:42:00 +0000Rachel Martin48470 at http://wkms.orgFor Undercover Agents, On-The-Job Adrenaline Can Be Addictivehttp://wkms.org/post/undercover-agents-job-adrenaline-can-be-addictive
Danger, subterfuge, adrenaline — as more agencies use undercover operatives, we take a look at what it's like to take on a false identity professionally.<p>A <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/03/25/395273006/panel-finds-fbi-made-strides-after-9-11-but-must-speed-reforms">recent report out</a> says the agency has made major improvements since Sept.Sun, 29 Mar 2015 12:43:00 +0000Rachel Martin48146 at http://wkms.orgFor Undercover Agents, On-The-Job Adrenaline Can Be Addictive